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romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the main themes, chuck, we're going to be seeing? >> well, i think what you saw is we have the two also sort of strategies coming out here. yes, we have this vision sort of two-party vision that i think is going on. i'm starting to wonder out loud if we're going to almost have like a parliamentarily style offering from the two parties and you know, winner takes all type of thing. i think there's some gee graphic and map issues when it comes to senate and house races. ultimately, there seems to be two very stark camps. the other thing i notice is what the president did yesterday -- tie mit
romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the...
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in 1976, ronald reagan didn't get out of the race. he was able to stand tall in may, win the state of texas and he fell short and in the fall, republicans fell short. because we nominated another moderate and then four years later they fought him again. >> so, i mean, i was at that kansas city convention in 1976 and many people think that there were a number of factors but that gerald ford lost in the fall partly because of the reagan challenge. susan paige, is he setting himself up for 2016 and sesaying it's okay for the republicans to lose in the fall, to justify him staying in through tampa? >> he probably wouldn't say that directly but i do think that rick santorum is now thinking is four years ahead and trying to calculate whether get out of the race now, stay in through his home state of pennsylvania. in just over two weeks. there is some comparison i think with 1976 which was a big battle between different factions of the republican party. the more moderates centrist establishment faction won that year but reagan came on four y
in 1976, ronald reagan didn't get out of the race. he was able to stand tall in may, win the state of texas and he fell short and in the fall, republicans fell short. because we nominated another moderate and then four years later they fought him again. >> so, i mean, i was at that kansas city convention in 1976 and many people think that there were a number of factors but that gerald ford lost in the fall partly because of the reagan challenge. susan paige, is he setting himself up for...
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ronald reagan directing . >> come here to this gate. mr. gorbechov, open this gate. mr. gorbechov, tear down this wall. >> 25 years ago today. doris, how important is to let presidents speak in their own voice and follow their instincts rather than having someone tell them what they can and cannot say. >> ronald reagan understanding that the kind of tone, that simple statement could become a shorthand for what eventually happened. you have a partnership between gorbechov and reagan. you have an arms race. the memory of all of us will be those simple words, "tear down this wall." presidents understand how to communicate to the community. we need to trust them more sometimes as they call them the pinstripe diplomats. >> that is why they got elected. we have seen the good and the bad. thank you very much. doris goodwin. thank you. we'll be right back. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. particularly on capitol hill. that is where lawmakers and eric holder are sparring ov
ronald reagan directing . >> come here to this gate. mr. gorbechov, open this gate. mr. gorbechov, tear down this wall. >> 25 years ago today. doris, how important is to let presidents speak in their own voice and follow their instincts rather than having someone tell them what they can and cannot say. >> ronald reagan understanding that the kind of tone, that simple statement could become a shorthand for what eventually happened. you have a partnership between gorbechov and...
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ronald reagan, who, as i recall, is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. so let's look at bowl es-simpson. my differences with bowle simpson i proposed less revenue and slightly lower defense spending cuts. the republicans want to increase defense spending and take in no revenue, which makes it impossible to balance the deficit under the terms that bowles-simpson laid out unless you eliminate discretionary spending. everything we think of as being pretty important from education to basic science and research to transportation spending, to national parks to environmental protect, we'd essentially have to eliminate. i guess another way of thinking about this is -- and this bears on your reporting -- i think that there is oftentimes the impulse to suggest that if the two parties are disagreeing, then they're equally at fault and the truth lies
ronald reagan, who, as i recall, is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. so let's look at bowl es-simpson. my differences with bowle simpson i proposed less revenue and slightly lower defense spending cuts. the republicans want to increase...
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newt gingrich's campaign with ron ronald reagan's son on a radio show. and he claims that nancy reag reagan -- she said just as berry gave the torch to ronny, berry has passed on the torch to newt. >> i am being told that he is taking nancy reagan's comments out of context. this was the original tape, what he was referring to just then and this is nancy reagan back in 1995, she was talking about newt and the entire republican congress. watch this. >> the dramatic movement of 1995 is an out growth of a much earlier crusade that goes back half a century. berry goldwater handed the torch to ronny and in turn ronny turned that torch to newt and to are republican members of congress to keep that dream alive. >> al, this in fact, this speech that she gave i'm told was written for her. and it was speaking about the congress not just newt gingrich. and you have done a lot of reporting, you talked to the best of the reagan biographers and the fact is this is not the relationship that existed between ronald reagan and newt gingrich. >> andrea, the former speaker m
newt gingrich's campaign with ron ronald reagan's son on a radio show. and he claims that nancy reag reagan -- she said just as berry gave the torch to ronny, berry has passed on the torch to newt. >> i am being told that he is taking nancy reagan's comments out of context. this was the original tape, what he was referring to just then and this is nancy reagan back in 1995, she was talking about newt and the entire republican congress. watch this. >> the dramatic movement of 1995 is...
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first time since ronald reagan, driven by the economy. the fact that women are struggling finding jobs, and as well well as health care. >> i'm not sure what polls you're citing there, congresswoman. depends how the question is asked what aspect of the health care bill you're talking ak. what about the pay equity bill? the violence against women legislations? a number of key votes on the hill. arguably democrats staged the votes to put republicans on the spot, but it does put you on the defensive and mitt romney on the defensive. >> we have republicans -- republicans are rock solid in supporting equal pay for equal work and are committed to ensure that women are paid equal paper for their equal work, and we're going to continue to move forward on that issue. >> what was the objection to that legislation then? >> the bill isn't the senate was a bureaucratic night mayor for our businesses. there's a better way to move forward, and there's been -- on the violence against women act, there's long -- that program has long enjoyed, broad biparti
first time since ronald reagan, driven by the economy. the fact that women are struggling finding jobs, and as well well as health care. >> i'm not sure what polls you're citing there, congresswoman. depends how the question is asked what aspect of the health care bill you're talking ak. what about the pay equity bill? the violence against women legislations? a number of key votes on the hill. arguably democrats staged the votes to put republicans on the spot, but it does put you on the...
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there were more probably inclined for ronald reagan but clark reid, who i hope may be watching today, in fact, he's still there in mississippi and he decided they would go with president ford and that made the difference, and president ford got the nomination. very strong challenge from president reagan. in 1980, we had another kind of unscripted moment which was that ronald reagan was trying to get vice presidential candidate and jerry ford was at the bargaining table with him for most of that night. people forget that. people also have to remember that in 1980, in new york, it was teddy kennedy and jimmy carter in an unscripted moment. teddy was not going to get the nomination but was still going to be a big player on the convention floor and he gave one of the great memorable speeches. >> the dream will never die. >> the dream will never die. he electrified the crowd. poor jimmy carter was on the stage, trying to get his attention and senator kennedy, for his own reasons, chose to ignore him which was i thought unfair to the president. >> teddy kennedy never took his outstretched h
there were more probably inclined for ronald reagan but clark reid, who i hope may be watching today, in fact, he's still there in mississippi and he decided they would go with president ford and that made the difference, and president ford got the nomination. very strong challenge from president reagan. in 1980, we had another kind of unscripted moment which was that ronald reagan was trying to get vice presidential candidate and jerry ford was at the bargaining table with him for most of that...
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who in the past, is it george herbert walker bush and ronald reagan? what's your role model for what a good vice president should be. is it joe biden? >> i haven't really given that a lot of thought or studied the dynamic or synergies between the vice president and the president in years gone past. i would want to give that some thought and give you a more thoughtful answer but just off the cuff, i would say if you look at the relationship that ronald reagan had with george bush, h.w. bush, that seemed to be a healthy, dynamic and constructive relationship. i'm sure there are others. but just off the cuff, that would be one that would be worth further review and study. seems they had a good relationship and good partnership. >> people are talking about senator portman, one of your colleagues, because of ohio and the importance of ohio. clearly minnesota is not considered a swing state here. the last time it actually voted for a republican -- >> 1972 is the answer. it's the longest unbroken streak of voting for democrat of any state in the nation, inclu
who in the past, is it george herbert walker bush and ronald reagan? what's your role model for what a good vice president should be. is it joe biden? >> i haven't really given that a lot of thought or studied the dynamic or synergies between the vice president and the president in years gone past. i would want to give that some thought and give you a more thoughtful answer but just off the cuff, i would say if you look at the relationship that ronald reagan had with george bush, h.w....
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reagan among other people and said in 1976, reagan didn't give up, he kept going and in 1976, ronald reagan's entrance into the primary fights many people believe contributed to the defeat of gerald ford and to the party. does rick santorum want to be responsible if it were to be the case that romney's the nominee as most think is most likely, that santorum staying in the race too long contributed to the republicans losing against barack obama in a year when they should have had a better than even chance against the incumbent president. >> the worst thing we can do for the party is to nominate the first person to get that most number of delegates. we need to nominate the best person and the best person that has the contrast with barack obama is rick. he can debate on as i said the key issues, obama care, cap and trade, wall street bailouts. just because romney jumped out ahead doesn't mean he is the person we need. this is a marathon, not a sprint. if you have to take it to convention we'll do that. taking to the convention would bode well for rick that we have more conservatives on
reagan among other people and said in 1976, reagan didn't give up, he kept going and in 1976, ronald reagan's entrance into the primary fights many people believe contributed to the defeat of gerald ford and to the party. does rick santorum want to be responsible if it were to be the case that romney's the nominee as most think is most likely, that santorum staying in the race too long contributed to the republicans losing against barack obama in a year when they should have had a better than...
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r n wy thr n atct so an itha n atct >>> last night, mitt romney channeled ronald reagan, even using the line the gipper used so effectively in that 1980 debate. >> every president since the great depression who came before the american people asking for a second term could look back at the last four years and say with satisfaction you're better off than you were four years ago, except jimmy carter and except this president. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. this president can tell us that the next four years, he'll get it right. but this president cannot tell us that you're better off today than when he took office. >> joining me now, bill burton, co-founder of priorities usa action, the pro-obama super pac, and former deputy press secretary for the obama administration, tony fratto, cnbc contributor and former press secretary for the george w. bush administration. you both know what the game is. tony, what was going on last night? >> you're talking about -- besides the excellent acceptance speech by governor romney? >> yes. besides the excellent acceptance speech.
r n wy thr n atct so an itha n atct >>> last night, mitt romney channeled ronald reagan, even using the line the gipper used so effectively in that 1980 debate. >> every president since the great depression who came before the american people asking for a second term could look back at the last four years and say with satisfaction you're better off than you were four years ago, except jimmy carter and except this president. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault....
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i'm andrea mitchell live at the ronald reagan building in washington where bono just wrapped up his speech to world leaders. first, our daily political fix. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was met by protests today at georgetown university here in washington. she spoke rat a commencement ceremony for the school of public policy. earlier this week, washington's archdiocese called upon georgetown to withdraw the invitation and called the invitation shocking. she authored the requirement that employers including catholic universities and hospitals provide their employees with contraception coverage. >> having spent my entire -- life in public service -- [ hecklers ] >> i've spent my entire life in public service. [ applause ] >> susan page be washington bureau chief for "usa today" and joins me from our washington bureau. first of all, kathleen sebelius is the former governor of kansas. she is catholic and she was in charge of the policy and addressing the policy once it became so controversial. what is the political impact of what happened at georgetown? we should point
i'm andrea mitchell live at the ronald reagan building in washington where bono just wrapped up his speech to world leaders. first, our daily political fix. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was met by protests today at georgetown university here in washington. she spoke rat a commencement ceremony for the school of public policy. earlier this week, washington's archdiocese called upon georgetown to withdraw the invitation and called the invitation shocking. she authored the...
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in our "daily fix," he voted with ronald reagan more than any other senator, but lugar is now kicked out. his tea party-backed opponent won by more than 20 points. senate icon did not go gently into the night, releasing a statement blasting the erosion of the political center. with postpolitics.com, and mark halperin is an msnbc contributor and with "time" magazine. chris, we're going to talk about lugar in a moment, but stand by because i want your take on this as well. mark halperin, you're reporting a lot of signals, the canceled briefing by the white house by jay carney. they know they're going toward hollywood. they have this big event with george clooney. they're going to face so many of their married gay supporters in l.a. tomorrow. we see that there may be an announcement coming out of the white house today. >> every expectation that we will within the next hour be in a different world where we have a president of the united states who supports the legalization of gay marriage. he's doing an interview with robin roberts at abc, someone he's done many interviews with in the pa
in our "daily fix," he voted with ronald reagan more than any other senator, but lugar is now kicked out. his tea party-backed opponent won by more than 20 points. senate icon did not go gently into the night, releasing a statement blasting the erosion of the political center. with postpolitics.com, and mark halperin is an msnbc contributor and with "time" magazine. chris, we're going to talk about lugar in a moment, but stand by because i want your take on this as well....
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challenge in 1980, ronald reagan's challenge was to convince people that the viewers out there, that he had the gravitas, the intellectual force to be president. he didn't have to convince them he was likable. that seems to be an easier challenge to achieve than for a mitt romney to come across to people as somebody they want to have in their living room for the next four years talking to them when that has been the challenge all along that people have not for one reason or another really warmed up to him. that's going to be hard to do in the course of a debate and also in the course of a debate where you simultaneously want to be likable but also to rattle your opponent a little bit. >> you have to be negative and irritating and try to get president obama off his game, but at the same time be likable coming on the heels of the 47% remark. >> that's a lot. a lot of work mitt romney has to do. president obama has some real work to do it too. he, as we've seen him throughout the democratic nomination fight, in his debates with hillary clinton, he lost a lot of those debates to her. a c
challenge in 1980, ronald reagan's challenge was to convince people that the viewers out there, that he had the gravitas, the intellectual force to be president. he didn't have to convince them he was likable. that seems to be an easier challenge to achieve than for a mitt romney to come across to people as somebody they want to have in their living room for the next four years talking to them when that has been the challenge all along that people have not for one reason or another really...
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i think be his model was ronald reagan in 1980. go back and look at that debate ronald reagan against jimmy carter, talked about world peace all the time. he had to get across a hurdle he was scary or dangerous and that i think was romney's intention last night and i he succeeded pretty well. >> when romney made that pivot and i think they kind of anticipated that there had been a number of weeks maybe from the romney camp because i was picking it up before we went on the air at 6:30 last night for the evening news, but when he made that pivot, did the president have to remain as aggressive as he was or did he come off as being unlikable? was this -- >> i actually thought -- >> a challenge for him. >> actually, i'm sure it was a challenge for him, but he handled it very well. i think the president delivered his best performance last night and maybe governor romney again not very steady on his feet on some of these issues. he held his own. didn't make any major gaffes and that was an objective of his. the president was lot more conf
i think be his model was ronald reagan in 1980. go back and look at that debate ronald reagan against jimmy carter, talked about world peace all the time. he had to get across a hurdle he was scary or dangerous and that i think was romney's intention last night and i he succeeded pretty well. >> when romney made that pivot and i think they kind of anticipated that there had been a number of weeks maybe from the romney camp because i was picking it up before we went on the air at 6:30 last...
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we saw that as you've been tweeting going all the way back to ronald reagan after the challenger. these moments. the great peggy noonan written speech where ronald reagan showed that leadership is really important. >> the bonds of earth. but lincoln did it at gettysburg but mainly a statement of political philosophy. now i think we would have a hard time electing a president not pretty good on this these on horrible occasions. think of something that happened in johnson's presidency. these "apollo" astronauts died on the launch pad and there was no national sharing experience like what we saw last night with the president at the center. nowadays there would be. >> well, now we have to see whether there's action as comfort. >> indeed. >> michael, thank you so much. thank you for your tweets, my friend. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow, special guest nancy pelosi. also former white house chief of staff john podesta. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. hi, tamron. >> hi, andrea. remembering the young victims. just today two of the c
we saw that as you've been tweeting going all the way back to ronald reagan after the challenger. these moments. the great peggy noonan written speech where ronald reagan showed that leadership is really important. >> the bonds of earth. but lincoln did it at gettysburg but mainly a statement of political philosophy. now i think we would have a hard time electing a president not pretty good on this these on horrible occasions. think of something that happened in johnson's presidency....
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it was of course memorably the way ronald reagan was able to defeat jimmy carter. but how does the president answer that question to all of the people by two to one who are telling us they are worried the country is headed in the wrong direction because of persistently high unemployment and the new job numbers will come out on friday, potentially if they're bad, stepping on whatever excitement comes out of the convention. >> well, as any politician, thank you so much for having me, but i'm a little bit reluctant to do hypotheticals but i will say this. i see a significant improvement in the job numbers in my congressional district in south carolina. one county, williamsburg county, where historically number one, number two in unemployment, that number has now dropped. they're now 17. that's a big drop. why, because we have done a lot of infrastructure projects, the kinds of programs that we did in the stimulus bill that people in south carolina said did no good. we are doing a lot of good, broadband, putting in water lines, 132 miles of water lines, so there is sig
it was of course memorably the way ronald reagan was able to defeat jimmy carter. but how does the president answer that question to all of the people by two to one who are telling us they are worried the country is headed in the wrong direction because of persistently high unemployment and the new job numbers will come out on friday, potentially if they're bad, stepping on whatever excitement comes out of the convention. >> well, as any politician, thank you so much for having me, but...
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that was john kennedy's mantra, ronald reagan's mantra, and same questioning, are you better off today than four years ago? you can ask the same questions in foreign policy. is iran further from getting an atomic weapon, or has it moved perilously closer by this president's continued focus without precondition. this president negotiated a treat and we get a rocket -- so if you look at the record, one of a lack of strength, and time honored tradition, peace through strength. >>> let me -- i was struck by the biden speech, so i want to play more of it. this is him criticizing the romney's foreign policy. i want to ask you about when it when we come back. >> we know governor romney reflexively criticizes the president's policy, without offering any specific alternative. we know when he agrees with the president of the united states, as he has done, he then goes on to mischaracterize our record to create what is a nonexistent contrast. and most importantly we know that the extent that governor romney -- to the extent he's shown any foreign policy vision, it's through the glass of a rear-vi
that was john kennedy's mantra, ronald reagan's mantra, and same questioning, are you better off today than four years ago? you can ask the same questions in foreign policy. is iran further from getting an atomic weapon, or has it moved perilously closer by this president's continued focus without precondition. this president negotiated a treat and we get a rocket -- so if you look at the record, one of a lack of strength, and time honored tradition, peace through strength. >>> let me...
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this goes back to the tradition of the ronald reagan started. that has now become a state of the union tradition and a slight cliche. it's very special with mark kelly. >> absolutely. i would say, look, this is a speech the president is projecting beyond the chamber. the american people is the audience, not congress. i think putting people in the first lady's box, referencing them, it allows any president to connect or try to connect with average people's lives. it's hard to give a speech to a room of people, at least half of whom are not favorably disposed to you because of your party affiliation. he's trying to connect beyond the room bringing every day stories of heroism a. >> our thoughts are with senator mark kirk. he is recovering from a stroke. his bipartisan seat mate will have his seat open for him in the chamber tonight. thank you very much. we'll be watching. we'll do it again tomorrow. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell report reports". we'll have a complete wrap of the president's state of the union. my colleag
this goes back to the tradition of the ronald reagan started. that has now become a state of the union tradition and a slight cliche. it's very special with mark kelly. >> absolutely. i would say, look, this is a speech the president is projecting beyond the chamber. the american people is the audience, not congress. i think putting people in the first lady's box, referencing them, it allows any president to connect or try to connect with average people's lives. it's hard to give a speech...
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he will talk about that question that ronald reagan famously asked 32 years ago, are you better off today than you were four years ago, and here in north carolina, that message is probably going to resonate with some folks. the unemployment rate here is hovering around 9% higher than the national average, and because barack obama won this state by a thin margin, the republicans, mitt romney and paul ryan think they've got a good shot at picking this state up, 15 electoral college votes. we do expect him here in the next few moments, then he will spend the night in north carolina doing a lot of local media. that's how important those 15 electoral college votes are to the romney/ryan campaign. then believe it or not, they will head out west into some very blue territory, going out to oregon and washington. those are traditionally reliable democratic states. they're playing a 50 state strategy so he's got a packed house inside this auditorium, ready to be fired up to hear paul ryan today hit the president hard on his record and again, ask that question that we expect to hear a lot of times t
he will talk about that question that ronald reagan famously asked 32 years ago, are you better off today than you were four years ago, and here in north carolina, that message is probably going to resonate with some folks. the unemployment rate here is hovering around 9% higher than the national average, and because barack obama won this state by a thin margin, the republicans, mitt romney and paul ryan think they've got a good shot at picking this state up, 15 electoral college votes. we do...
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i'm a believer in the ronald reagan formula, he was a good president because he was a good governor. and i think that mitt romney will be the same. >> john sununu, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> and the republicans are not the only ones out campaigning, president obama released his first campaign, playing defense on the failed solar panel company support. playing defense in your first advertisement shows that the solyndra campaign against the president was beginning to take hold. it was actually hurting the campaign. >> i don't think so at all, i do not think we were playing defense, anybody that has watched what we have done knows that we are on offense. this gave us an opportunity, the sponsors of this ad are billionaire oil investors and this gave us an opportunity to call them out and show what the president has done to lessen our dependence on foreign oil and so, it was a great opportunity. we are not going to respond to all of the attacks from super pacs but this gave us an opportunity to get out a positive message. >> what about hope and change, that is a far more
i'm a believer in the ronald reagan formula, he was a good president because he was a good governor. and i think that mitt romney will be the same. >> john sununu, thank you very much, sir. >> thank you. >> and the republicans are not the only ones out campaigning, president obama released his first campaign, playing defense on the failed solar panel company support. playing defense in your first advertisement shows that the solyndra campaign against the president was...
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governor, it took three years for the best negotiator in the business, ronald reagan, to achieve tax reform back in 1986. three years. >> only took us seven months under bush one. we put together a package because the president led that. the president met with foley, the president met with mitchell, he went down to congress to meet with them. he met with them in the white house. i was involve in negotiations with them and saw a president show leadership to get a bipartisan agreement. it didn't take him three years. it took him seven months. >> and the bush tax cuts are going to be continued by a president romney and then he will first begin negotiating with a new congress to try to come up with the money to pay for them? the bush tax cuts were continued by barack obama in 2010. they're in place now because barack obama supported them. he supported them because he recognized, as he said then, raising taxes when the economy is loudy is the wrong thing to do. he may not know it, but the economy is still lousy. you don't raise taxes now when the economy is lousy. >> to be continued, as a
governor, it took three years for the best negotiator in the business, ronald reagan, to achieve tax reform back in 1986. three years. >> only took us seven months under bush one. we put together a package because the president led that. the president met with foley, the president met with mitchell, he went down to congress to meet with them. he met with them in the white house. i was involve in negotiations with them and saw a president show leadership to get a bipartisan agreement. it...
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i think romney/ryan, sounds like ronald reagan, the double r team. this is going to be a great ticket for our gop, our great opportunity party, and the contrast between their vision to solve the problems in america and the small ball campaign of barack obama so far is going to be a great choice for the independent voters. >> graceful pivot, governor. moving on to the subject of some of the possible pitfalls we have seen already. the florida newspaper front pages are heralding the medicare cuts in the ryan budget. there were two ryan budgets and he lifted the cap on some of the paybacks in the second budget but it's still pretty severe. do you have concerns about that and about the possibility of losing florida, losing seniors, pennsylvania, new hampshire, other states where you have a lot of senior citizens? >> first, i would say that the program that paul ryan put together on medicare reform was one he put together with ron wyden, democrat from oregon. they put this together, together. secondly, i would say that president obama's taken about $700 bi
i think romney/ryan, sounds like ronald reagan, the double r team. this is going to be a great ticket for our gop, our great opportunity party, and the contrast between their vision to solve the problems in america and the small ball campaign of barack obama so far is going to be a great choice for the independent voters. >> graceful pivot, governor. moving on to the subject of some of the possible pitfalls we have seen already. the florida newspaper front pages are heralding the medicare...
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it has to be a downward trend line in the a way that ronald reagan got re-elected in march of '93 unemployment was over 10%. but november of '94 it was high, but it was going in the right direction so allowed reagan to say, we are not where we need to be yet, but i need four more years to get it where we are going. and that is the case that the president will need to make. looks like he will be able to make it. >> last night, santorum acknowledging that his wife karen got to him. persuaded him that the comment about the president being a snob about hyper education and santorum saying that he felt like throwing up about jfks speech on separation of church and state was a bad word choice, this is how he put it. >> usually the phone ring says quickly if she is not there in person to say, you know, rick, you should not have said that. the snob comment did not go over well and she reminded me. you know, it's snobbish, you can say it's a snobbish thing to say, but don't call him a snob. and i said you know, i made a mistake. obviously the language i used was at a minimum inarticulate. but what it sh
it has to be a downward trend line in the a way that ronald reagan got re-elected in march of '93 unemployment was over 10%. but november of '94 it was high, but it was going in the right direction so allowed reagan to say, we are not where we need to be yet, but i need four more years to get it where we are going. and that is the case that the president will need to make. looks like he will be able to make it. >> last night, santorum acknowledging that his wife karen got to him....
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it was the first time since ronald reagan republicans won the women's vote. democrats know they can't let that stand. they've been creating this distraction of inted of focusing on the real issues. when you look at 2010 and what drove the women's vote, i look at health care and the fact that american women don't support the president's health care plan. they didn't support it two years ago. they don't support it today. they make 85% of the health care decisions in this country. they don't like the idea of the federal government interfering with their ability to make those important health care decisions for themselves, for their families. women are also starting businesses at a record rate in america. it's exciting to see women, entrepreneurs. it means they understand the federal tax burden, what regulations coming out of the government mean on their ability to be an entrepreneur, be successful, be successful, create jobs. so i think women are looking at all of these issues. let me ask if any any more fair to blame -- to blame mitt romney for what eric said a
it was the first time since ronald reagan republicans won the women's vote. democrats know they can't let that stand. they've been creating this distraction of inted of focusing on the real issues. when you look at 2010 and what drove the women's vote, i look at health care and the fact that american women don't support the president's health care plan. they didn't support it two years ago. they don't support it today. they make 85% of the health care decisions in this country. they don't like...
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this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. >> how do you really feel? before making it official gingrich spoke about his roller coaster campaign with susan page who joins me now. susan, getting in the mind of newt gingrich is something you and i have been trying to do since the late 80s, early 90s. but fascinating interview. share. >> so interesting. gingrich continues to be so gingrich like. it's not like a defeated candidate who stayed perhaps too long in the republican race long after his prospects are over. he's talking about big ideas, his mistake, he wasn't bold enough. should have done less of the conventional campaigning he did. though one thing that surprised me in this interview i said would you consider running again and he said essentially no. >> finally giving up the ghost. gingrich is i guess the only politician that we know who can be a noun, addverb and a verb. because he is so unique and as speaker he was, you know, the way he has redefined himself or tried to in this campaign, you would never know that he was thrown out of the speakers
this is not a choice between mitt romney and ronald reagan. >> how do you really feel? before making it official gingrich spoke about his roller coaster campaign with susan page who joins me now. susan, getting in the mind of newt gingrich is something you and i have been trying to do since the late 80s, early 90s. but fascinating interview. share. >> so interesting. gingrich continues to be so gingrich like. it's not like a defeated candidate who stayed perhaps too long in the...
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reagan's budget was offered and most of them were not on the floor of the house and it got one vote. president's budgets are a plan. i think his plan is a good plan. i think he focuses on something that i think is important, manufacturing, make it in america. he focuses on exercising fiscal discipline, getting us to a place where we need to be. it does not do what i would like to do. and that get republicans and democrats together on a big deal. a long-term budget reduction fiscally responsible and a fiscally sustainable path deal. i agree it does not do that. i would have liked to do that, but i think the presidenti it offered what he thinks he can get done and focused on the right priorities of investing in infrastructure and education and job creation. and that is what we need to do. but clearly republicans and democrats need to come together to agree upon a long-term fiscal solution. unfortunately, when you say it's a nonstarter, paul ryan is about, from what we hear offering a budget on the republican side which they know right now is a nonstarter of the united states senate. it
reagan's budget was offered and most of them were not on the floor of the house and it got one vote. president's budgets are a plan. i think his plan is a good plan. i think he focuses on something that i think is important, manufacturing, make it in america. he focuses on exercising fiscal discipline, getting us to a place where we need to be. it does not do what i would like to do. and that get republicans and democrats together on a big deal. a long-term budget reduction fiscally responsible...
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we talk about heroes, ronald reagan was the first to bring heroes into the chamber, but a real hero, gabrielle giffords. she is resigning today and the importance of that and for her colleagues and herself and her friends, it a moment where, according to her statement, she needs to focus on her rehabilitation. >> yes, it's going to be a sad, but at the same time hopeful moment for all of us. the last time she appeared on the florida house was just unifying moment for us. we sat besides each other in the armed services committee, i miss her already, i'll miss her more. at the same time, i'm excited that she is recovering and she seems well on her way and she will be in our prayers and certainly, mark kirk suffered a stroke today, wanted his family to know he and his family are in our prayers. >> we heard about that, the doctors say he received surgery to relieve pressure from the blood accumulating. because of his yupouth, the doctors say he will make a recovery. our thoughts are with him. tough times for people all across the country. foreclosure are out-of-sight in florida. the hous
we talk about heroes, ronald reagan was the first to bring heroes into the chamber, but a real hero, gabrielle giffords. she is resigning today and the importance of that and for her colleagues and herself and her friends, it a moment where, according to her statement, she needs to focus on her rehabilitation. >> yes, it's going to be a sad, but at the same time hopeful moment for all of us. the last time she appeared on the florida house was just unifying moment for us. we sat besides...
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bush, ronald reagan would never have been president. it's so funny because iowa, bush won iowa. but reagan won new hampshire. >> million dollar man, rick santorum kicks up more support in the newest poll and more money after banking the bucks in the first 24 hours after his iowa near win. can he keep it up? plus, a new era dawning at the pentagon, barack obama becomes the first president to go to the pentagon briefing room to announce dramatic cuts in defense. >> yes, the tide of war is receding but the question this strategy answers is what kind of military will we need long after the wars of the last decade are over? and today we're fortunate to be moving forward from a position of strength. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in new hampshire. in our daily fix, is newt gingrich on a come kaz zee mission to defeat romney. chris cillizza is managing editor of post politics.com. what should be the watching going forward? >> i do think newt gingrich bears watching, andrea, because he's stated -- if you watched his concession speech i guess after the iowa caucuses, he made very
bush, ronald reagan would never have been president. it's so funny because iowa, bush won iowa. but reagan won new hampshire. >> million dollar man, rick santorum kicks up more support in the newest poll and more money after banking the bucks in the first 24 hours after his iowa near win. can he keep it up? plus, a new era dawning at the pentagon, barack obama becomes the first president to go to the pentagon briefing room to announce dramatic cuts in defense. >> yes, the tide of...